End-gate fastener for mining-cars.



No. 555,505. Patented Aug. 7, I900.

L. s. MORROWQ END GATE FASTENER FOR MINING CABS.

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No. 655,505. Patented Aug. 7, 19.00. L. s. MOBRDW.

END GATE FASTENER FORMINING CARS.

(Application filed Feb. 13, 1900.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Shae? 2 WITNESSES IWE'Z'TOR- NITED STATES LLOYD SHERBONDY MORROW, OF SMITHTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATENT Germs,

END-GATE FASTENER FOR MINING-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,505, dated August 7, 1900. Application filed February 13,190 Serial No. 5,070. (N0 M1.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LLLoYD SHERBONDY Moa- ROW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Smithton, in the county of W'estmoreland and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic End-Gate Fasteners for Mining-Cars, 650., of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in dumping-cars; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts of which it is composed, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate my invention, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of my device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end view.

Referring by reference characters to the ac= companying drawings, A designates the car, comprising the floor a, parallel sides bb,which are inclined upward and outward, as at c c, the front d, and the swinging end-gate e, and mounted upon axles ff, provided with the flanged wheels g g. The sides, bottom, and front of this car are bound firmly together by U-shaped irons h h h, being one at each end of the car and one arranged centrally thereon. The U-shaped iron 72. is provided with eyest' in the upper ends thereof, in which are journaled the endsjj of a transverse rod 71:,having collars Z Z, and suspended from this rod. is the end-gate m, which is hinged thereto by the strap-hinges n it, while the lower end of said gate is free to swing outward and upward. To this end-gate is pivoted a peculiarly-constructed locking and unlocking device for the end-gate, which consists of a hand-lever 0, which is pivoted at p to a block q, secured to the gate, and pivoted to this lever at points above and below the pivotal point of said lever, as at r r, are a pair of short bars 5 s,

that in turn are pivoted at their outer ends,

as at i t, to the upper end of a pair of angular levers it it, having their pivotal points at 'v 0), thus providing a frame composed of pivotal levers. The lower end of each of these angular levers engages slots w w in the outer end of each of the-horizontal catch-barsmc, that have their sliding movement in the eyes :1 y of the bars zzz 2,that are secured to the end-gate,and these bars 00 w are provided with springs a, which surround the same and are interposed between the collars b b on the bars and said eyes. The bars so or are adapted to have their inner ends engage with an eye-lug 00, carried upon a draft-iron B, the end-gate being cut away, as at ,110 permit its swinging movement beyond the eye-lug as.

B represents a draft-iron which extends from end to end of the car and is securely fastened to the floor thereof and is provided in each end with an'eye c to receive the coupling-pin for coupling a series of cars together. The transporting-wheels of this car are arranged about the center thereof, whereby the car may be readily and easily dumped, and a brake-shoe d is provided, having its bear= ing upon each wheel. Said shoe is provided with a strap-iron e, having a downward-projecting arm or rod f, that engages a perforation in the angular arm g, secured to the car, and the upper end of this strap=iron is pivoted at 71 to a U-shaped hand-lever t", which in turn is pivoted at j to an arm and bar is, secured to the side of the car.

As both sides of the car are provided with brakeashoes and the construction of both be ing alike, I have described only one side, which answers for both.

The U shaped brake lever extends in front of the car and engages a toothed hand-lever Z, that is pivoted at its lower end to the short arm m, secured to the face of the front board.

Having thus described the construction of my dump-car, I will now explain the operation.

In unlocking the end-gate the operator grasps the hand-lever 0 and thrusts it to one side, thus causing it to turn on its pivot, drawing the connecting-bars s s and through the medium of the same causing the angular bars 14 u to turn on their pivots, thereby sliding the bars a: :0 in opposite directions and releasing the end thereof from the eyes i 1', after which the springs on said bars force the latter to come toward one another, giving the pivoted angle-arms a reverse movement and causing the hand-lever to assume its normal The operation of the brake is very slmple.

The operator simply presses upon the U- shaped bar, thus forcing the brake block downward and in engagement with the periphery of the wheels, when the same can be held in this position by said bar catching in the teeth of the pivoted lever.

It will be readily observed from the above description, when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, that by the arrangement and pivotal connections of the releasing-lever of the gate Very little exertion is required in unlocking the endgate, and the i transporting-wheels being arranged about the center of the car the latter can be easily 7 dumped, the axle nearest the end-gate serving as a fulcrum for this purpose, and a car i as herein described is durable, easily and quickly operated, and at the same time cheap to manufacture.

WVhat I claim is 1. The combination with the car, the swinging end-gate, and the stop-bars 72, 1g carried by said gate, of the pivoted hand lobking-lcver 0, the bars 8, s, pivoted thereto, the pivoted angular levers u, to, having their upper ends pivoted to the bars 3, s, the sliding bars w, 00 having slots in their outer ends to receive the free ends of said angular levers, the

eye-lug 00 to receive the inner ends of said bars as, wand thespri-ngs for holding said bars 03,00 normally in engagement with said eyelug, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a dumping-car the combination with the swinging end-gate, of the hand l'ocking- {lever comprising the lever, arms, and angular bars, pivoted to one. another, the lever and angular bars pivoted also to-tlie gate, the

:sliding bars having the slots in their ends and beveled opposite ends, and thelug provided with the eye to engage said bars, and the springs adapted to force the sliding bars back to their normal position, all substan- 3 tially as described.

In testimony WhGIGOEI have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

I LLOYD SHERBONDY MORROW. Witnesses:

W. G. RETTSTATT, HARRY SAGER. 

